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Local athletes examples of good parenting (Selma Times-Journal) - I really enjoyed the article on former Selma High School football player, Donald Steele. Every so often, a kid comes through the school system with the total package.

Blogging Baby Sleepover: Thursday, December 1 (Blogging Baby) - Doin’ your evening cruisin’ around the parenting blogosphere? If so, make sure you make your pit stops here: Busymom is wondering how many different ways there are to end the timeless Christmas classic: “Jingle Bells, Batman smells…” Indigogirl finally comes to the realization that with children, silence is always a bad sign… Tonya, the adventure journalist , muses on

Joyful Genius Wins its First Parenting Award: Classical Confidence is Proud Winner of 2005 Parent to Parent Adding (PR Web) - Classical Confidence CD is the proud winner of the 2005 Parent to Parent Adding Wisdom Award. Classical Confidence™ CD is by far the most powerful CD on the market to develop a child’s self-esteem and confidence. This CD combines the brain development power of Classical music with the self-esteem, confidence, and character building power of inspirational quotes. [PRWEB Dec 1, 2005]

The American Parenting Market is Lucrative with 73.2 Million Households with Children under 18 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) - DUBLIN, Ireland----Nov. 29, 2005--Research and Markets has announced the addition of American Parenting Styles - in the United States to their offering.

gDiapers: revolutionizing diaper world, now from New Seasons (Blogging Baby) - The flushable diaper is the holy grail of environmental parenting. See, the regular disposable diapers, they are so, so bad for landfills. I personally must have created a few tons in my own city. The cloth diapers? May cause just as much damage with the extreme amount of water and chemicals required to launder them. gDiapers, located in my hippy-dippy-crunchy hometown of Portland, Oregon,

Gift guide: keeping kids quiet (Blogging Baby) - I love this gift guide in the New York Times today (see sometimes the Times actually likes families). Michelle Slatalla has insight into gift shopping for children I can relate to. I can also relate to her ideas about parenting, a parenting magazine with articles like “Wipe Yourself!”? Come here Ms Slatalla, it’s make out time. For gift giving, she’s less concerned about the trendy and

Keeping Kids Safe Online (BusinessWeek) - Here are some Web sites that can offer teens and parents valuable tips for eluding cyber-predators

Parenting: Morality Play (Psychology Today) - Copying may give kids a conscience.

Children's Resources (Martha's Vineyard Times) - The Family Network provides support and resources to all Island families with children up to age six. Services include play groups, parenting discussions, a monthly newsletter, health and development screenings, and support groups.

Blogging Baby Size Six: Parenting cliches that turned out to be true (Blogging Baby) - Why is a cliché a cliché? Because it’s true. And it seems like there are no truer clichés than parenting clichés. At least for me, anyway. Here are six that are my reality everyday. Please feel free to add your own! Never having time to use the bathroom. (And privacy? What’s that?) It seems the only time I have to go to the bathroom is while my husband is strapping the kids in the car.